In A Robin's Nest Is Best, children's author A. Joyce Fallon gives readers the very best of what Mother Nature has to offer. For her and the creatures in Turtle Creek, where this colorful picture book is set, community life in the forest is all about giving a little and taking a little. For old Rasputin, a cantankerous raccoon, it means he'll have to put aside his pesky ways to accept direction from Fergus the Frog and Sweet Pea the Skunk about becoming a mother to little Ziggy, an orphaned baby robin. For beginning and intermediate readers, Fallon's rhyming patterns make this an easy-to-follow plot as her storyline breathes new meaning into Spring's rebirth and the wonders of the natural world.